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TABLE 10
Agronomic observations of Adasali crop at Ainapur at harvest stage.
Sr. No. Treatment Millable plant population/acreMature height (cm) No. of Inernodes Girth (cm) Cane wt/kg H.R. Brix reading
1 Control (No manuring) 30000.00 286.40 32.50 10.82 2.25 23.7
2 Recommended 33880.00 290.20 33.60 11.06 2.33 25.2
  dose of chemical            
3 Vermicompost 37320.00 305.40 35.00 11.1 2.42 22.5
  alone 5 MT/acre            
4 3/4th V.C. + 35800.00 298.40 34.10 10.16 2.31 24.9
  1/4th C.F.            
5 1/2 V.C. + 33540.00310.50 35.10 11.61 2.7 25.1
  1/4th C.F.            
6 1/4th V.C.+ 30880.00 314.20 35.60 11.3 2.56 23.4
  3/4th C.F.            
  Average 33570.00 301.50 34.30 10.86 2.47 24.1

TABLE 11
Effect of vermicompost alone and in combination with
Chemical Fertilizers on Adsali yield of Sugarcan
Location : Ainapur.
Variety : coC 671
Year : 1996-97
Sr. No. Treatment I Adsali cane Yield in MT/acre (Average of 4 replications)
1 Control 76.36
  (No Fertilizer, No Manure)  
2 Recommended dose of chemical 61.64
  Fertilizers(400:170:170kg/ha.)  
3 Vermicompost alone MT/ha. 89.44
4 3/4th V.C. + 1/4th C.F. 84.80
5 1/2 V.C. + 1/2 C.F. 85.08
6 1/4th V.C. + 3/4th C.F. 80.40
  Average 82.95
  F Test N.S.

TABLE 12
Juice quality of Adsali cane samples collected at harvest time (December 1997)
Location : Ainapur.
Variety : coC 671.
Crop : Adsali cane. Year : 1996-97
Sr. No. Treatment (Average of 4 Replications)    
    Brix % Pol % N.R. %
1 Control 21.76 18.51 12.14
  (No Fertilizer, No Manure)      
2 Remmended dose of chemical 22.34 19.79 12.34
  fertilizers (400:170:170 kg/ha.)     
3 Vermicompost alone MT/ha. 20.09 17.78 10.84
4 3/4th V.C. + 1/4th C.F. 22.15 20.09 12.52
5 1/2 V.C. + 1/2 C.F. 21.89 18.81 12.36
6 /4th V.C. + 3/4th C.F. 28.64 18.50 11.37
  Average value 21.46 19.08 11.93
  F Test
  Significant at 1% lavel      

Though the treatment effects were non-significant, the application for vermicompost at 5 MT/acre (T3), Produced the highest cane yield of 89.44 MT/acre followed by 85.08 MT/acre in treatment 5 (1/2 the dose of V.C. + 1/2 the dose of C.F.) (T4) gave more or less the same yield namely 84.8 MT/acre as in case of T5. Application of N, P, k, fertilizers was reduced by 25 %, But because, it received 1/4th dose of vermicompost, it gave more or less the same yield namely 80.4 MT/acre. It thus appears that in a fertile soil vermicompost undergoes rapid minerlisation, thereby releasing more nutrients, which when absorbed and assimilated by the growing crop of sugarcane leads to better growth, more millable canes, more cane weight and higher cane yield. Ainapur is about 10 kilometer from U.S.W. Ltd. No rainfall and climate data for Ainapur was available. So, if we consider the climate data at U.S.W. Ltd. reported in Table 4 and 5 and interprete the effect of climate on crop growth and cane yield it appears that climate produced a beneficial effect because the crop was raised in a more fertile soil, and Ainapur had a better source of irrigation to irrigate the crop as and when necessary (if the climate demands it).

In respect of juice quality of the cane crop at harvest stage, from the data reported in Table 12, it appears that even though the treatment effect was highly significant, the quality of juice in terms of Brix %, Pol % cane and N.R. % was rather inferior to that at ugar, if we compare the data of Adsali crop at Ainapur (Table 12) with Adsali crop at Ugar (Table 3) Suggesting that the actual climate at Ainapur during the maturity phase of the Adsali crop may be more adverse or different. Between the six treatments tried in this experiment, the treatment 4(3/4th dose of V.C. + 1/4th dose of C.F.) showed slightly higher values for all the three parameters tested.

Looking to the overall effect of different treatments on crop growth, cane yield and juice quality at harvest, the application of vermicompost helped the crop to produce high yield with fairly better quality.
4) Ratoon crop of first Adsali at Ainapur harvested in December 1998 :
The data regarding the agronomic observations (Millable plant population, cane height, cane weight, number of internodes, girth), cane yield and sugar recovery in Ratoon crop of first Adsali at Ainapur, harvested in December, 1998 are reported in Tables 13, 14 and 15 respectively. In respect of agronomic observations, the effect of different treatments was found to be non-significant except in case of girth where the effect of different treatment was seen to be of significant in nature.

TABLE 13
Agronomic observation in Ratoon crop at harvest (Ainapur)
(December 1998
Sr. No. Treatment Millable Plant population at harvest/acreCane height (ft) Cane weight (kg) No.Of internodes Girth
1 Control 24050.00 7.75 1.32 2.8 4.27
  (No manuring)          
2 Recommended dose of chemical 17190.00 8.30 1.64 28 5
  fertilizers          
3 Vermicompost 21860.00 8.15 1.56 27.75 4.7
  alone 5MT/ha.          
4 3/4th V.C. + 14070.00 8.35 1.52 27.25 4.75
  1/4th C.F.          
5 1/2 V.C.+ 23080.00 8.70 1.64 26.75 4.77
  1/2 C.F.          
6 1/4th V.C. + 24490.00 8.30 1.46 26.75 4.6
  3/4th C.F.          
  Average values 20781.00 8.36 1.52 26.5 4.68
  F Test N.S N.S NS NS
  C.D. at 5 % 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0.42

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